GAIN announced today that Lightbridge Corp., Oklo Inc., and Radiant Nuclear will each be provided with a GAIN Nuclear Energy (NE) Voucher to accelerate the innovation and application of advanced nuclear technologies.
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Westinghouse and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will use multiphysics design optimization methods and additive manufacturing to help develop new nuclear components as well as optimized replacements to existing components that are optimum for meeting design requirements and are manufacturable.
The objective of this project is to explore a number of advanced heterogenous fuel design concepts to improve the operational, safety, and economic performance of existing power plants.
Advanced Nuclear Fuel Pellet Designs, Exelon Nuclear Read More »
The benchmarks, analytical solutions, and failure criteria developed during this project will be used directly by USNC-Tech to evaluate the current graphite core design of the MMR™ reactor, resulting in an optimized core and a down-selection of the graphite used for the core.
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The objective of this project was to analyze reactor core and system behavior in response to anticipated transients and accident scenarios and to use the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA) code suite, which employs multi-physics simulation to model feedback behavior in the reactor core.
Neutroelectric and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will perform critical combined tests at the High Flux Isotope Reactor in support of qualification of this new material, NE-300, for use in commercial nuclear reactor applications.
The objective of this project was to use the thermal hydraulics laboratory and vacuum test chambers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for response characterization of resistance temperature detectors and thermal aging of instrumentation and control (I&C) cables in vacuum to generate more useful data for I&C cable derating purposes.
Westinghouse Electric Company and Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed and performed an experiment to develop a non-destructive assay measurement method that addressed the challenges of the volumetric deposits within the large ventilation system housings.
The objective of this project was to provide FEI with design recommendations for the implementation of nuclear material accountancy and enable FEI to meet its sustainability and operational goals for the LFTR.
Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) Preliminary Safeguards Assessment, Flibe Energy Read More »
The goal of this project was to develop a method for analyzing the oxygen content using a commercial inert gas fusion analyzer. This included the development of a calibration curve for the method, quantification of its performance, and testing on FLiBe samples from several sources, including ORNL-produced FLiBe as well as Kairos Power Flibe.
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